Cathodoluminescence characterization of Ge-doped CdTe crystals

Cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopic techniques have been used to study the spatial distribution of structural defects and the deep levels in CdTe:Ge bulk crystals. The effect of Ge doping with concentrations of 10(17) and 10(19) cm(-3) on the compensation of V-Cd in CdTe has been investigated. Depe...

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Authors: Pal, U, Fernández Sánchez, Paloma, Piqueras De Noriega, Francisco Javier, Sochinskii, N. V., Dieguez, E.
Format: article
Publication Date:1995
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
OAI Identifier:oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/59253
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/59253
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:538.9
Cadmium Telluride
Photoluminescence
Temperature
Defects
Física de materiales
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Summary:Cathodoluminescence (CL) microscopic techniques have been used to study the spatial distribution of structural defects and the deep levels in CdTe:Ge bulk crystals. The effect of Ge doping with concentrations of 10(17) and 10(19) cm(-3) on the compensation of V-Cd in CdTe has been investigated. Dependence of the intensity distribution of CL emission bands on the dopant concentration has been studied. Ge doping causes a substantial reduction of the generally referred to 1.40 eV luminescence, which is often present in undoped CdTe crystals, and enhances the 0.91 and 0.81 eV emissions.